Christian Shelter Inc

Analysis

Christian Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Salisbury, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Christian Shelter Inc reported income of $779k and spending of $666k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $663k to $779k (+18%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Christian Shelter Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philadelphia Contemporary ($779k), Beacon of Hope Foster Care Agency Inc ($779k) and North-American Islamic Shelter Forthe Abused ($779k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $417k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 16 employees.